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am-byre

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am-byre, (am-byre = and-byre).
Substitute: Unfavourable, contrary (of wind)
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  • Þyder, hé cwæð, þæt man ne mihte geseglian on ánum n, mónðe, gyf man . . . ǽlce dæge hæfde ambyrne wind,

      Ors. l, I ; Bos. 21, 20.
  • [Cf. Icel. aud-viðri a head wind. Mod. Icel. and-byrr (= mðt-byrr). (Dr. Craigie's note.)
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